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RAIDERS ‘25

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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LV)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LV)
Shemar Turner
DL Texas A&M
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (LV)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Nohl Williams Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (LV)
Nohl Williams
CB California
Kaden Prather Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Kaden Prather
WR Maryland
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Quarterback settled, Ward in the fold, and a B- for the Raiders.

The Raiders spent the pick that matters most on Cam Ward, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

Getting Campbell where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The Williams pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In slot 6 they get a long-term answer under center. A real need, handled.
Pick37 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
They robbed the room for Omarion Hampton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
A linebacker of that caliber at pick 68 is the definition of value, full stop. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick73 Rnd3 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at Round 3, Pick 9 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick106 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
Tez Johnson slipping to No. 106 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick142 Rnd5 Shemar Turner
They talked themselves into Shemar Turner at the Round 5 slot, and the board did not agree. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick178 Rnd6 DJ Campbell
DJ Campbell at the 178th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jack Kiser
The board fumbled Jack Kiser all the way to pick No. 212, and they scooped it up. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick216 Rnd6 Nohl Williams
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Nohl Williams well ahead of where he belonged. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick222 Rnd7 Kaden Prather
A conviction pick on Kaden Prather at the 222nd pick that the board grades a round light. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.